Obviously, after Elder Tang was done, it was Sui Yi’s turn.
Elder Tang naturally knew that his own judgent wasn’t that great; he didn’t expect much from this rough stone, but still...
"How can my piece of rough compare to Boss Li’s? His was 5.8 million, and mine, only 500 thousand... not even one-tenth. If I could cut jade out of it, that would be sheer dogshit luck!"
Elder Tang turned on self-deprecating mode while thoroughly ridiculing the other party!
Li Yuan’s face indeed darkened, but he didn’t say much, only let out a few cold chuckles.
Zhang Guangbiao had already marked Elder Tang’s piece of rough with lines, and at this mont, Sui Yi realized that when Elder Tang and the others talked about gambling stones, ninety-nine percent of it was about luck. It did seem true. Like Zhang Guangbiao, at first she felt this person was quite capable, but after observing his line marking a few tis, she could only conclude that this man wasn’t particularly talented in gambling stones, because the direction of the lines wasn’t accurate.
Well, maybe that’s the charm of gambling on stones.
——You never know what’s inside.
Click! One cut down, and the white rock showed nothing.
Zhang Guangbiao glanced at Elder Tang once more, then made another cut!
Uh, still just white...
Sui Yi couldn’t help but sigh.
This was too coincidental. The very act of cutting had just avoided revealing any jade and produced only waste stone.
Although Elder Tang had anticipated this, he still felt a slight disappointnt. Li Yuan on the other side laughed and threw out a couple of mocking remarks...
Elder Tang got annoyed and retorted, but it seed like that piece of rough was about to be discarded...
No, rather, it should be said that the two cut pieces of stone were about to be auctioned off at a low price, for just a few hundred or thousand, left for others to try their luck.
This was also the most helpless choice for so who had gone bankrupt in gambling to recoup so losses.
"Such a big piece of rough stone, it’s too wasteful to discard after just two cuts. Why not cut a few more tis?"
Sui Yi’s voice was pleasant, and her sudden interjection didn’t seem too uncomfortable. The crowd looked towards her as Li Run jeeringly said, "Do you think it’s like chopping cabbage—that a few chops will guarantee a heart?"
"At least there’s no black moss... It’s still worth looking forward to," Sui Yi replied indifferently.
Ni ma!
The folks from the Li Family were instantly frustrated—this girl had quite the sharp tongue!
She hit right on their sore spot.
5.8 million, what a clot in the heart!
"Cutting another slice costs quite a bit of money..." Qian Shuangyu sneered.
Sui Yi glanced at her and said, "Don’t rush, isn’t there your 200,000?"
Her tone was quite casual, just like making small talk.
Pfft!
Qian Shuangyu was also left speechless, deciding not to respond.
Well, seeing how Sui Yi took down the opposition with just a few simple remarks, Elder Tang was delighted. This apprentice was great—defensive, offensive, naive, and pretty!
"Alright, let’s continue cutting. Even grinding it to stone powder is fine. I’ve already lost 500,000 anyway, what’s a little more money? This old man isn’t as frugal as so people," Tang said as he glanced over at Li Run and the others.
Frugality...
The crowd erupted in smothered laughter.
Li Yuan: "..."
Maybe he shouldn’t have co to Nanxun; it was just too much!
Zhang Guangbiao, happy to have more business, laughed and said, "Alright, I’ll continue to make a few more cuts. Who knows, maybe the next slice will reveal jade!"
With that, he cut down once again.
Chopping as if supporting Sui Yi, like cutting through pork.
And then...
A light and beautiful shade of blue suddenly caught everyone’s attention.
"Ah!"
"It’s blue!"
"Damn, there it is!"
"Geez, why is it blue?"
Sui Yi was also surprised. There was blue jade? She had always thought jade only ca in green. Little did she know...
Answering Sui Yi’s bewildernt, a voice suddenly ca from behind her: "Actually, the phrase ’jade’ encompasses a saying that green is the main color, which is the ’cui.’ Other colors, yellow, red, blue, and all other hues are called ’fei.’ Generally speaking, green jade is the standard. If the green is just perfect, it is considered top-grade jade, highly esteed, such as Emperor Green. But other colors like Bright Yellow Jade and Blood Fei, if they are of the highest quality, are also invaluable and extrely rare."
Sui Yi turned around and saw it was Lv Haobai, who stood behind her, smiling.
This guy was supposed to be running a shop, wasn’t he? How co he was here to watch the excitent?
The simultaneous outbreak of voices made Elder Tang widen his eyes and hurry forward for a closer look, nearly bumping into the blade.
"Hey, Boss Tang, be careful there. This is a blade for jade cutting, not a butcher’s cleaver!"
Zhang Guangbiao said with a laugh, causing everyone to laugh along.
Elder Tang couldn’t care less about losing face at that mont, he leaned in to take a closer look at the palm-sized piece of blue jade, his expression changing a million tis, before grinning and bursting into loud laughter.
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